Finding Specifications During Transactional Data Collection
If a specification type has been associated with the collection plan that is invoked as you enter a parent transaction, the system searches for the correct specification based on information provided by the transaction. If there is not enough information to find the specification, the Find Specifications window appears and you are prompted to find and select a specification. You can select a specification other than the type associated with the collection plan. You can also choose not to select a specification.
To find and select specifications by name:
Attention: Selecting a specification by name is the fastest specification selection method.
To by-pass specification selection:
- Choose the Cancel button.
To find and select specifications by type:
- Again, if the system cannot find the correct specification based upon the context element information supplied by the parent transactions, the Find Specifications window appears. Information from the parent transaction (e.g. item) is automatically defaulted but you can enter your own search criteria then choose the Find button.
You can narrow your search criteria by choosing the specification type (Item Spec, Supplier Spec, or Customer Spec) and an Item or Item Category and Revision. If you select a Supplier Specification or Customer Specification, you must also select the Customer or Supplier.
If you try to find any type of specification, but a specification for that item cannot be found, Oracle Quality searches for a specification based on the category of the item entered. The default category set you defined using the QA:Quality Category Set profile option is used to determine the item category. See: QA:Quality Category Set.
If you have entered search criteria and no specification that matches the criteria entered is found a warning message is displayed and the specification limits that are defined for the collection element are defaulted. See: Defining Collection Element Specification Limits.
To select a different specification:
Choose the Find Specs button to find and select another specification. When you choose the find button, information from the parent transaction is automatically defaulted, but you can enter your own search criteria.
Attention: You can only select a different specification if no results have been collected. Once a specification is selected and results are entered, this same specification is used until you delete the current results or change the collection plan or collection number.
See Also
Specification Types
Associating Specification Types with Collection Plans
